29 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
1
Christchurch August 21 at Addington market shows limited stock entries with strong sheep and lamb demand and firmer beef. Pigs declined while store and dairy cattle sold poorly. fat lambs and fat sheep commanded high rates as rains improve feed prospects and buyers remain active.
Dr Max Moskowski, a German geologist, leads a joint Royal Prussian Academy of Science and Dutch funded expedition to Java to search for the missing link between man and ape. The team includes geologists and engineers with Dutch troops, starting in the Solo River valley near a volcanic lava field and aiming to work for a year.
A New Zealand writer in London notes growing public interest in policy questions and the possibility of workers gaining political power. He highlights demands for old age pensions, stricter aliens exclusion, land and tax reforms, and reform or abolition of the House of Lords, plus measures against cheap foreign labor and use of tariffs to curb import competition. He mentions Poles and Italians in Scotland, Jews and Germans in London, and floated ideas about bringing Chinese workers to England.
W R Flint of 73 Springfield Road St Albans Christchurch credits Dean's Backache Kidney Pills with a lasting cure after six years of relief from back pain caused by kidney trouble. He urges others not to neglect backache and notes 83d per box or six boxes for 16s 6d from Foster McClellan Co Sydney with a warning to buy DOAN'S.
The London Daily Telegraph notes English women historically dyed hair for beauty but lose hair early with few explanations. It cites job bias against older workers, especially shop assistants, forcing some to dye back to natural color for income. Now some prefer gradual whitening, which can improve appearance and skin clarity as facial features refresh with age.
A portrait-based look at Rudyard Kipling contrasts his plain appearance with the fame of his literary works. An American meeting with Benjamin Butler illustrates how appearances rarely reveal a writer’s true identity.
An advert claims RHEUMO offers rapid relief from rheumatism gout and sciatica with a fair trial. It touts a sale price of 2d for a treatment and Ae Gd terms.
Burnsides live stock market in Dunedin shows 1792 sheep with a rise of 1s per head and good demand for wethers and ewes. Cattle yarding at 203 head with best bullocks 9 15s to 11 5s and heifers 8 to 9, while pigs 120 yarded sold firmly with porkers 54s to 58s and baconers up to 65s.
Beneficial rains boosted Geraldine market clearances with strong demand for ewes and hoggets. Entry included about 3000 sheep plus around 80 cattle and a fair pig run, with prices ranging across hoggets fat wethers and cows in milk amid lively bidding.
In Dunedin on August 28 local millers refuse higher purchases for wheat with milling prices around 4s 5d to 4s 6d per bushel for prime medium and 3s 10d to 4s 2d for broken grades. Oats show weak demand with seed lines at 3s 4d to 3s 6d and best milling at 3s to 3s 1d. inferior grades 2s 3d to 2s 6d per bushel ex store, sacks extra.
Massrs Iedlander Bros Ltd conducted a clearing sale at Braemar Winchmore on Sir Henry Andersons account. A large farmers turnout saw sheep horses cattle and implements sold at varied prices with a complete Foden threshing plant passing in at 750. Sundries sold at full market rates.
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